Parental Bereavement Leave and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Policy factsheet)

10 July 2020

From 6 April 2020, a new right was granted to employees who lose a child under the age of 18 or suffer a stillbirth from 24 weeks pregnancy. Employees in Great Britain now have a statutory right to Parental Bereavement Leave (PBL), which allows them up to two weeks off work. This is a right from day one of employment. Where eligibility criteria are met, the employee may also be entitled to two weeks of Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP).

Members of the CIPP can view this factsheet now - https://www.cipp.org.uk/resourceLibrary/spbppolicyfactsheet.html